Archive for the ‘Snails’ Category

I’m growing baby tears live plant in one of the shrimp tanks. Scientific name of this plant is Micranthemum Umbrosum. As you can see, it’s not easy to pronounce and remember, so people are using common name ‘baby tears’. Do not mix it with dwarf baby tears, that will be Hemianthus callitrichoides and it’s quite […]

I have mini ramshorn snails in half of my tanks. This is not because I like them or I wanted them, they are just evasion. They came from nowhere and nearly impossible to get rid of. Yesterday I was going to clean my IWAGUMI shrimp cube tank sides and notices several snail eggs clutches. These […]

I keep quite interesting snails. People always ask me what is this and why they are so big. Yeah, they are big, majority of adult snails are 3″ in size and even a little bigger. Also, these snails are very attractive, because they have bright orange bodies and black or dark chocolate shells. These guys […]